CONTENTS. 



Appointment to Dhuboy — revenue of the purgunna — peninsula of Gu- 

 zerat — revenues of that province — general division of Hindostan— 

 city of Dhuboy — inhabitants — tank — aqueduct — festivity at the 

 commencement of the rains — sacred groves — durbar — mischievous 

 monkeys — curious anecdote of their agency — setting in of the moon- 

 soon — beauty and fertility of the surrounding country — Powa- 

 ghurr — source of the Nerbitdda — story of Narmada from the Hin- 

 doo mythology — address to Narmada — ablutions of the Hindoos — 

 uncharitableness of the brahmins — goddess of the poor — recluse 

 brahmins of Dhuboy — missionaries from the church of Rome in In- 

 dia requests of the brahmins — metempsychosis — high privileges 

 of the brahmins — lots estate of the Chandala caste — cruelty of the 

 Jaina brahmins — account of the Jainas — extraordinary penance 

 of a brahmechary — singular anecdotes of religious Hindoos — Maho- 

 medan persecutions — extracts from colonel Wilks' history of My- 

 sore— adudnist ration of justice in British India — panchaiet, or 

 Indian jury —contradictions in the Hindoo character — distinction 

 of castes explained — worshippers of Siva — mystical poetry of the 

 Asiatics — comments by Sir William Jones — sublimity of the book 

 of Job — walls and towers of Dhuboy — western colonnade — compa- 

 rison between the porticos at Dhuboy and Pompeia — city of Pom- 

 peia — Roman villa near its entrance— expence of the Dhuboy for- 

 tifications — city gates — gate of Diamonds, a general resort of the 

 inhabitants — the woman of Samaria — anecdote of Angelica Kauff- 



